SB 818: Education in the Criminal Justice System

GENERAL BILL by Truenow

Education in the Criminal Justice System; Authorizing the Department of Corrections to award gain time for an inmate who completes specified education programs; revising the purpose of the Florida Virtual School to provide for the development and delivery of blended learning; requiring the Florida Virtual School to establish the Florida Virtual School Justice Education Program, beginning with a specified school year; requiring the Department of Education, with assistance from specified entities, to select a common student assessment instrument and protocol for measuring student learning gains and progression, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/9/2025 11:32 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 523 by Chambliss Virtual Learning Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Student Academic Success Subcommittee	Similar
  H 907 by Long, Hart-Lowman Incentive Gain-time Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee	Compare

• Citations - Statute (4)

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  944.275	Gain-time.	Page 3 (pdf)
  1002.37	The Florida Virtual School.	Page 6 (pdf)
  1002.371		Page 11 (pdf)
  1011.61	Definitions.	Page 15 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/9/2025	S	• Filed
  12/16/2025	S	• Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Criminal Justice